Packing-pad.



A Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

ALBERT D. ALEXANDER, OF URBANNA, VIRGINIA.

PACKING-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

Application filed .Tune 7, 1907. Serial No. 377,800.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. ALEXAN- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Urbanna, in the county of Middlesex and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing- Pads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to packing pads, for packing furniture, for carpet linings; or anywhere where a cushion or protector is desired.

The material may be called excelsior felt, for it is preferably composed of eX- celsior, consisting of several layers bound or pasted together, so as to form a mat that will not disintegrate, and can therefore be easily handled.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like symbols of reference represent corresponding parts in the several views Figure l is a longitudinal section of the preferred construction of the pad; and, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a modification, disclosing a coarser grade of pad.

In constructing my pad, I preferably take a layer of coarse material 1, which forms the core of the pad, as shown in Fig. l, and upon the sides of the same I spread the paste 2. Upon the outer sides of the core I press and paste the finer material 3. These layers may be carried on indefinitely, as desired.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated another form of the pad, consisting of a couple of layers 4 of coarser material, connected by the paste 5. I may, if desired, also paste finer material on the coarser material, of two layers, for particular kinds of work.

These pads may be of any thickness desired, which'will be determined by the purpose for which the same is to be used. The paste also, in certain instances, is spread completely over the surface, and in other cases puton in spots or strings, the same to be determined by the thickness and rigidity desired in the material.

It is usual to put the coarse center with a finer grade covering the coarse fibers of the center portion. The material is thus less rigid than when it is furnished with a backing of paper as has been done, and the eX- celsior can easily be handled without coming apart.

Thev material is made into continuous sheets and then cut up into sizes to suit the requirements of the packing trade. New excelsior is preferably used, for otherwise paste is required to hold the fibers together. As furnished to the trade it is called two ply, three ply, etc., in accordance with its construction.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is p A packing pad, consisting of a series of independent layers of excelsior or the like, each layer being substantially uniform in character, and pasted together.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses. n

ALBERT D. ALEXANDER. Witnesses:

L. N. WEAVER, C. C. CHowNING. 

